On October 5, 2024, near Mackey Ranch Road and Old Moody Road in Bruceville-Eddy, Texas, 18-year-old Braxton Lee Johnson and his father, 38-year-old Michael Morris Jr., were fatally shot. Morris was pronounced dead at the scene; Johnson was taken to Baylor Scott & White Hospital and later died of his injuries. The shooting followed an encounter that investigators say began when Morris allegedly made an offensive gesture toward 32-year-old Romi Frentescu, a member of the Cossacks Motorcycle Club. Arrest affidavits say a physical confrontation followed, with Morris purportedly brandishing a switchblade and Frentescu telling officers he fired in self-defense. Investigators noted inconsistencies in Frentescu’s account, including a lack of injuries consistent with his claim of being attacked.

A passing nurse who stopped to perform CPR on Morris reported that Frentescu arrived in a red pickup truck and demanded she stop and let the victim die. Witness statements and that interaction contributed to the decision to charge Frentescu with two counts of capital murder. Frentescu’s girlfriend, 30-year-old Alyssa Marleen Sevilla, was also arrested and charged with capital murder, accused of driving a getaway vehicle and returning to the scene shortly afterward. A GoFundMe started by Johnson’s mother says he was a senior at Texas Virtual Academy and would have turned 19 about a week after the shooting. Has anyone in the area seen or heard anything that might help clarify what happened that night?